All licensing inquiries for the song "Flowers and The Color Of Paint" by Ithaka should be directed to: Scion Four Music (New York).
The California-born poet, Ithaka's, melodic spoken-word track "Flowers And The Color Of Paint" appears in this scene from G-LAND PRO, a documentary revolving around an ASP world surfing tour event that was held in an isolated area in Indonesia in 1995.
The film was created by Seth Elmer and Doug Silva.
Featured in this clip are world champion surfers; Tom Carroll, Kelly Slater, Jeff Booth, Shane Dorian, Rob Machado, Shane Beschen and Derek Ho.
The album FLOWERS AND THE COLOR OF PAINT (produced by Pedro Passos and Joe Fossard) was considered by the respected Jornal Publico as one of the most important records of the 1990's in its home territory ofPortugal and was nominated for three Blitz Premios (The Portuguese Grammy) for; Best New Artist, Best Male Vocalist and Best Album in its year of release, 1995.
Another song from this album, Escape From The City Of Angels appeared in Columbia Pictures' feature release, The Replacement Killers starring Chow Yun Fat, Mira Sorvino and Cliftton Collins Jr. in 1998.
Ithaka's (Ithaka Darin Pappas) third album, "SOMEWHERE SOUTH OF SOMALIA"(2001) produced by Conley Abrams III appears #10 on amazon.com's list of "BEST" rap records of all time. A song from this album was showcased in the2007 hit X-Box 360 game, NBA 2k7.